A B727-200 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH AILERON TRIM OUT OF MAINT MANUAL LIMITS FOR LEVEL FLT.

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DURING CRUISE; I NOTICED THE AIRPLANE FLYING IN A SIDESLIP WITH APPROX 3 DEGS OF L BANK. I DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT AND TRIMMED THE AIRPLANE RUDDER TO STOP THE TURN THEN TRIMMED THE AILERONS TO LEVEL THE WINGS. I TOOK NOTE OF THE NUMBER OF UNITS INDICATED AND POINTED THIS OUT TO MY FLC. THE AILERON TRIM INDICATOR INDICATED 2 UNITS OF R AILERON AND THE RUDDER TRIM INDICATOR INDICATED 1/4 UNIT OF R RUDDER. THE AILERON INPUT INDICATED ON THE YOKE POINTED TO 12 DEGS. FLT SPOILER DEPLOYMENT BEGINS AT 9-10 DEGS. WHEN I ARRIVED AT ZZZ; I BEGAN WRITING THIS SNAG IN THE LOGBOOK. AS I DID SO THE CAPT THAT WAS TAKING OVER THE ACFT FOR THE NEXT LEG STOOD IN THE COCKPIT DOOR AND SAID; 'WE DON'T HAVE MAINT HERE IN ZZZ; SO IF YOU WRITE THAT UP YOU'LL GND THE AIRPLANE. DO WHAT YOU LIKE; BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY MAINT HERE.' AS THIS WAS BEING SAID; MY FE HAD GOTTEN MAINT CTL ON THE TELEPHONE AND THEN PASSED THE TELEPHONE OVER TO ME. THE MAINT CTLR BECAME VERY AGITATED AND WAS YELLING INTO THE PHONE THAT IF I WRITE UP THE SNAG IT WILL GND THE AIRPLANE BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE MAINT AVAILABLE IN ZZZ. AFTER EXPOSURE TO THIS KIND OF BROWBEATING NOT TO WRITE THE SNAG; WHICH WAS MOSTLY WRITTEN ALREADY; I TOLD MAINT CTLR I WOULD WRITE DOWN THAT I ONLY HAD 1 UNIT OF RUDDER TRIM REQUIRED INSTEAD OF 2 UNITS OF AILERON. THAT WAY; THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT BE GNDED. HE CONTINUED TO YELL AT ME THAT THEY WOULD NEED TO GET CONTRACT MAINT. I TOLD HIM IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY STARTED TO WRITE THE SNAG IN THE LOGBOOK. MAINT CTLR CONTINUED TO YELL THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY MAINT THERE AND DID I CHK THE YAW DAMPERS DURING FLT WHEN I CHKED THE TRIM. I TOLD HIM THAT WE HAD GONE THROUGH THIS BEFORE. I COULD NOT SWITCH FLT CTL PWR SWITCHES OFF DURING FLT TO DO A TEST FLT WITH PAX ON BOARD. (MAINT CTL HAD WANTED ME TO DO THIS BEFORE WHEN I HAD FLT CTL PROBS WITH ACFT LAST APRIL. THE COMPANY INSISTED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL ABOUT IT.) THE CONVERSATION WITH MAINT CTLR ENDED. I SENSED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE FALLOUT FOR ME OVER THIS. I WENT BACK TO COMPLETING THE SNAG IN THE LOGBOOK. WHAT WAS ALREADY WRITTEN WAS: 1) FO MIKE DOES NOT XMIT. 2) TO FLY STRAIGHT AND LEVEL WITH AUTOPLT OFF; 2 UNITS.... I TRIED TO MAKE A '1' OVER THE '2.' THAT DIDN'T WORK. THEN I WROTE 'ONE' AND BLOTTED OUT THE 'S;' ON UNITS. I TRIED TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCE 'ONE UNIT OF R RUDDER REQUIRED.' IT WAS NOT LEGIBLE SO I RAN A HORIZ LINE THROUGH IT AND RE-WROTE THE LINE AGAIN BELOW ON THE NEXT LINE; IE; ' 2) TO FLY STRAIGHT AND LEVEL WITH AUTOPLT OFF; 2 UNITS OF R RUDDER REQUIRED; 1 UNIT OF R RUDDER REQUIRED.' MY INTENT WAS TO WRITE THE SNAG CORRECTLY. IF I HAD NOT BEEN INTERRUPTED I WOULD HAVE WRITTEN: 2) TO FLY STRAIGHT AND LEVEL WITH AUTOPLT OFF; 2 UNITS OF R AILERON REQUIRED.